National Adult Literacy Database

The Planning Committee of the Research-in-Practice movement in Saskatchewan has launched a new website with hundreds of literacy/basic education resources, including the outcomes of Saskatchewan practitioner studies conducted in classrooms over the past three years.

This course was designed to give learners a sense of what online learning is like and to help teachers assess learners’ comfort with computers. You can use this course as is or customize and adapt it to your program’s needs.

This year, ABC Life Literacy Canada, Frontier College and the Ontario Literacy Coalition have co-written a social media guide to encourage Canadian organizations to celebrate adult learning and raise awareness of lifelong learning in Canada.

The Northwest Territories Literacy Council has several resources on its website to help you observe Aboriginal Languages Month. Included are the announcement, a languages map, a quiz, ideas for adult education programs and tips for families.

Orca publishes many titles for struggling and striving readers. The publisher has also developed a resource website for teachers and others with resources to reach those readers. The site is www.ReachingReluctantReaders.com.

This year's SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge is on target to be a record breaker for Frontier College with more teams (60), a bigger venue (Sony Centre), and a goal to raise over $350,000 for Frontier College's literacy programs.

“We are building something that starts with Nunavut, so that the kids can see themselves, but they will also learn what they need to know about being a Canadian… and about being a global citizen,” said Cathy McGregor, director of curriculum and school services for Nunavut’s education department.

A sneak peek of a statue celebrating what would have been Northrop Frye's 100th birthday was unveiled Monday at Moncton's Capitol Theatre along with a list of authors and literary critics who will be attending this year's Frye Festival.

Springs Academy in Sheffield has banned pupils from using slang while at school to encourage better elocution and improve future job prospects.

Principles of Biology is a "born digital" textbook, with all materials designed specifically for consumption by students via browsers on desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Each of the 196 modules in the text is a self-contained learning experience, integrating text, images, interactives, and continual assessment, which feeds an automatic gradebook through which instructors can track student progress.

In today’s global economy, countries need high-quality education systems that will teach their citizens the skills necessary to meet the challenges of tomorrow. This series of videos, produced jointly by the OECD and the Pearson Foundation, highlights initiatives being taken by education authorities around the world to help school students do better.

The report outlines three steps it is felt should be taken in fiscal year 2012-13 in order to alleviate urgent funding pressures, including the need to provide funding increases to First Nations schools equal to the funding increases being provided by provinces to provincial schools.

The lesson for young writers: All good fiction begins with the creation of characters. And once you have created them, stand them upright with every syllable they speak, from story beginning to story end, as Dickens did.

"In its legacy report, the centrepiece of CCL’s recommendations for voluntary, co-operative and integrated intergovernmental action on learning has been the establishment of a federal/provincial/territorial Council of Ministers on Learning. ... Taken together, CCL’s recommendations and the reflections from Canadians heard during the tour suggest that it is indeed time to take action and move forward."

Fewer Maritimers have been enrolling in the region’s universities in recent years, largely the result of flattening demand after the peak in 2004, reveals a report released by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission.